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Kernel manages operating system resources. User program can only access to those resources by making system calls to the kernel. System call is similar to an API of kernel, which in term, runs kernel tasks your program needs. str = "something" // run on user space x = x + 1 // run on use...

Use top command to exam CPU time allocation between user space and kernel space. Explanation: 24.8 us (user space): 24.8% of CPU time is spent on user process. 0.5 sy (system): 0.5% of CPU time is spent on kernel space. ni (niceness): the ratio of CPU time spent on low priority processes. i...

Use time command. time ./perl-timeout-example 100.100.100 We could not ping the desired address! real 0m5.0013s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.008s Real: Total time from start to finish of the call, including the CPU time spent on other processes. User: The amount of CPU time spent i...